Sanmina Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2015 Results

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 20, 2015 -- Sanmina Corporation ("Sanmina" or the "Company") (NASDAQ GS: SANM), a leading integrated manufacturing solutions company, today reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended June 27, 2015.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2015 Summary

Revenue of $1.54 billion
GAAP operating margin of 3.1 percent
GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.29
Non-GAAP⁽¹⁾ operating margin of 3.8 percent
Non-GAAP⁽¹⁾ diluted earnings per share of $0.53

Revenue for the third quarter was $1.54 billion, compared to $1.53 billion in the prior quarter and $1.60 billion for the same period of fiscal 2014.

GAAP operating income in the third quarter was $47.3 million or 3.1 percent of revenue, compared to $53.3 million or 3.3 percent of revenue for the same period ended June 28, 2014. GAAP net income in the third quarter was $24.5 million, compared to $20.7 million for the same period a year ago. GAAP diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.29, compared to $0.24 in the third quarter of fiscal 2014.

Non-GAAP operating income in the third quarter was $59.2 million or 3.8 percent of revenue, compared to $60.9 million or 3.8 percent of revenue in the third quarter fiscal 2014. Non-GAAP net income in the third quarter was $45.1 million, compared to $45.3 million in the same period a year ago. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.53 for the third quarter in both fiscal years.

Balance Sheet Summary

Ending cash and cash equivalents were $416.5 million
Cash flow from operations was $112.7 million
Repurchased approximately 2.3 million common shares for $47.7 million
Inventory turns were 6.5x
Cash cycle days were 42.2 days

"We delivered solid results for the third quarter despite a mixed market environment. Consistent execution coupled with ongoing diversification were key drivers for overall improvement in our financial results," stated Jure Sola, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sanmina Corporation. "We generated excellent cash flow from operations for the quarter which allowed us to accelerate our strategic initiatives and execute our share repurchase program creating value for our customers and shareholders."

"Our outlook for the fiscal fourth quarter reflects stabilization in the market. We remain confident the second half of the calendar year will continue to improve," concluded Sola.

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2015 Outlook
The following forecast is for the fourth fiscal quarter ending October 3, 2015. These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially.

Revenue between $1.55 billion to $1.65 billion
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share between $0.52 to $0.58

Company Conference Call Information
Sanmina will hold a conference call regarding financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 on Monday, July 20, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT). The access numbers are: domestic 877-273-6760 and international 706-634-6605. The conference will also be broadcast live over the Internet. You can log on to the live webcast at www.sanmina.com. Additional information in the form of a slide presentation is available by logging onto Sanmina's website at www.sanmina.com. A replay of the conference call will be available for 48-hours. The access numbers are: domestic 855-859-2056 and international 404-537-3406, access code is 63475093.

⁽¹⁾In the commentary set forth above and/or in the financial statements included in this earnings release, we present the following non-GAAP financial measures: operating income, operating margin, net income and diluted earnings per share. In computing each of these non-GAAP financial measures, we exclude charges or gains relating to: stock-based compensation expenses, restructuring costs (including employee severance and benefits costs and charges related to excess facilities and assets), acquisition and integration costs (consisting of costs associated with the acquisition and integration of acquired businesses into our operations), impairment charges for goodwill and other assets, amortization expense and other infrequent or unusual items (including charges associated with distressed customers, litigation settlements, gains and losses on sales of assets and redemptions of debt, discrete tax events and deferred tax changes), to the extent material or which we consider to be of a non-operational nature in the applicable period. See Schedule 1 below for more information regarding our use of non-GAAP financial measures, including the economic substance behind each exclusion, the manner in which management uses non-GAAP measures to conduct and evaluate the business, the material limitations associated with using such measures and the manner in which management compensates for such limitations. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP results contained in this release to their most directly comparable GAAP measures is included in the financial statements contained in this release. Sanmina provides its fourth quarter fiscal 2015 outlookonly on a non-GAAP basis due to the inherent uncertainties associated with forecasting the timing and amount of acquisitions, restructuring activities, asset impairments and other unusual and infrequent items.

About Sanmina
Sanmina Corporation is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and energy and clean technology sectors. Sanmina has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. More information regarding the company is available at www.sanmina.com.

Sanmina Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements contained in this press release, including the Company's outlook for the fourth quarter fiscal 2015 and expectations about improvements in the second half of the calendar year, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in these statements as a result of a number of factors, including adverse changes to the key markets we target; credit problems experienced by our customers; risks arising from our international operations; competition that could cause us to lose sales; consolidation among our customers and suppliers that could adversely affect our business; and the other factors set forth in the Company's annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC").

The Company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter any of the forward-looking statements made in this earnings release, the conference call or the Investor Relations section of our website whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless otherwise required by law.

Sanmina Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
(GAAP)
			June 27,	September 27,
			2015	2014

			(Unaudited)
ASSETS

Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$ 416,471	$ 466,607
	Accounts receivable, net		934,152	979,475
	Inventories		874,224	893,178
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets		100,524	111,714
		Total current assets	2,325,371	2,450,974

Property, plant and equipment, net			564,662	563,016
Other			266,812	299,099
		Total assets	$ 3,156,845	$ 3,313,089

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable		$ 1,090,171	$ 1,139,845
	Accrued liabilities		115,906	110,357
	Accrued payroll and related benefits		115,771	126,541
	Short-term debt		8,416	157,394
		Total current liabilities	1,330,264	1,534,137

Long-term liabilities:
	Long-term debt		423,798	386,681
	Other		143,531	145,516
		Total long-term liabilities	567,329	532,197

Stockholders' equity			1,259,252	1,246,755
		Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 3,156,845	$ 3,313,089

Sanmina Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(GAAP)
(Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended

		June 27,	June 28,	June 27,	June 28,
		2015	2014	2015	2014

Net sales		$ 1,539,271	$ 1,604,727	$ 4,737,963	$ 4,528,937
Cost of sales		1,418,709	1,477,814	4,375,792	4,172,272
	Gross profit	120,562	126,913	362,171	356,665

Operating expenses:
	Selling, general and administrative	59,736	63,029	176,177	184,543
	Research and development	8,339	7,829	23,967	24,563
	Amortization of intangible assets	314	425	1,164	1,373
	Restructuring costs	7,711	2,302	12,451	8,571
	Asset impairments	-	-	1,954	-
	Gain on sales of long-lived assets	(2,821)	-	(3,957)	(530)
	Total operating expenses	73,279	73,585	211,756	218,520

Operating income		47,283	53,328	150,415	138,145

	Interest income	273	210	827	1,190
	Interest expense	(6,017)	(8,439)	(18,651)	(23,394)
	Other expense, net	(1,248)	(6,101)	(3,141)	(4,597)
Interest and other, net		(6,992)	(14,330)	(20,965)	(26,801)

Income before income taxes		40,291	38,998	129,450	111,344

Provision for income taxes		15,816	18,277	67,571	46,682

Net income		$ 24,475	$ 20,721	$ 61,879	$ 64,662


	Basic income per share	$ 0.30	$ 0.25	$ 0.75	$ 0.78
	Diluted income per share	$ 0.29	$ 0.24	$ 0.72	$ 0.75

	Weighted-average shares used in computing per share amounts:
	Basic	81,700	82,467	82,357	82,988
	Diluted	85,493	86,235	86,308	86,597

Sanmina Corporation
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
		June 27,	June 28,	June 27,	June 28,
		2015	2014	2015	2014

GAAP Operating Income		$ 47,283	$ 53,328	$ 150,415	$ 138,145
	GAAP operating margin	3.1%	3.3%	3.2%	3.1%
Adjustments
	Stock compensation expense (1)	4,273	4,238	15,478	13,270
	Amortization of intangible assets	774	1,074	2,694	2,799
	Distressed customer charges (2)	1,700	-	4,802	383
	Restructuring costs	7,711	2,302	12,451	8,571
	Contingency item (3)	-	-	-	124
	Gain on sales of long-lived assets	(2,552)	-	(3,748)	(530)
	Asset impairments	-	-	1,954	-
Non-GAAP Operating Income		$ 59,189	$ 60,942	$ 184,046	$ 162,762
	Non-GAAP operating margin	3.8%	3.8%	3.9%	3.6%


GAAP Net Income		$ 24,475	$ 20,721	$ 61,879	$ 64,662

Adjustments:
	Operating income adjustments (see above)	11,906	7,614	33,631	24,617
	Loss on extinguishment of debt (4)	847	8,192	3,760	8,192
	Litigation settlements (5)	-	(1,310)	(273)	(1,571)
	Deferred and non-recurring tax adjustments	7,860	10,074	42,586	23,156
Non-GAAP Net Income		$ 45,088	$ 45,291	$ 141,583	$ 119,056


GAAP Net Income Per Share:
	Basic	$ 0.30	$ 0.25	$ 0.75	$ 0.78
	Diluted	$ 0.29	$ 0.24	$ 0.72	$ 0.75

Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share:
	Basic	$ 0.55	$ 0.55	$ 1.72	$ 1.43
	Diluted	$ 0.53	$ 0.53	$ 1.64	$ 1.37

Weighted-average shares used in computing per share amounts:
	Basic	81,700	82,467	82,357	82,988
	Diluted	85,493	86,235	86,308	86,597


(1)	Stock compensation expense was as follows:

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	June 27,	June 28,	June 27,	June 28,
	2015	2014	2015	2014

Cost of sales	$ 1,412	$ 1,298	$ 4,479	$ 3,864
Selling, general and administrative	2,810	2,916	10,872	9,369
Research and development	51	24	127	37
Total	$ 4,273	$ 4,238	$ 15,478	$ 13,270


(2)	Relates to inventory and bad debt reserves associated with distressed customers.

(3)	Represents a non-recurring contingency that the Company ultimately resolved favorably in Q4 FY14.

(4)	Represents a loss, including write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs, on debt redeemed, repurchased or otherwise extinguished prior to maturity.

(5)	Represents cash received in connection with certain litigation settlements.

Schedule I

The commentary and financial information above includes non-GAAP measures of operating income, operating margin, net income and earnings per share. Management excludes from these measures stock-based compensation, restructuring, acquisition and integration expenses, impairment charges, amortization charges and other infrequent items, to the extent material or which we consider to be of a non-operational nature in the applicable period, and as more fully described below.

Management excludes these items principally because such charges are not directly related to the Company's ongoing core business operations. We use such non-GAAP measures in order to (1) make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of Company's operations, both internally and externally, (2) guide management in assessing the performance of the business, internally allocating resources and making decisions in furtherance of Company's strategic plan, (3) provide investors with a better understanding of how management plans and measures the business and (4) provide investors with a better understanding of the ongoing, core business. The material limitations to management's approach include the fact that the charges and expenses excluded are nonetheless charges required to be recognized under GAAP. Management compensates for these limitations primarily by using GAAP results to obtain a complete picture of the Company's performance and by including a reconciliation of non-GAAP results back to GAAP in its earnings releases.

Additional information regarding the economic substance of each exclusion, management's use of the resultant non-GAAP measures, the material limitations of management's approach and management's methods for compensating for such limitations is provided below.

Stock-based Compensation Expense, which consists of non-cash charges for the estimated fair value of stock options and unvested restricted stock units granted to employees, is excluded in order to permit more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company's results since the Company grants different amounts and value of stock options in each quarter. In addition, given the fact that competitors grant different amounts and types of equity award and may use different option valuation assumptions, excluding stock-based compensation permits more accurate comparisons of the Company's core results with those of its competitors.

Restructuring, Acquisition and Integration Expenses, which consist of severance, lease termination, exit costs and other charges primarily related to closing and consolidating manufacturing facilities and those associated with the acquisition and integration of acquired businesses, are excluded because such charges (1) can be driven by the timing of acquisitions which are difficult to predict, (2) are not directly related to ongoing business results and (3) do not reflect expected future operating expenses. In addition, given the fact that the Company's competitors complete acquisitions and adopt restructuring plans at different times and in different amounts than the Company, excluding these charges permits more accurate comparisons of the Company's core results with those of its competitors. Items excluded by the Company may be different from those excluded by the Company's competitors and restructuring and integration expenses include both cash and non-cash expenses. Cash expenses reduce the Company's liquidity. Therefore, management also reviews GAAP results including these amounts.

Impairment Charges, which consist of non-cash charges, are excluded because such charges are non-recurring and do not reduce the Company's liquidity. In addition, given the fact that the Company's competitors may record impairment charges at different times, excluding these charges permits more accurate comparisons of the Company's core results with those of its competitors.

Amortization Charges, which consist of non-cash charges impacted by the timing and magnitude of acquisitions of businesses or assets, are also excluded because such charges do not reduce the Company's liquidity. In addition, such charges can be driven by the timing of acquisitions, which is difficult to predict. Excluding these charges permits more accurate comparisons of the Company's core results with those of its competitors because the Company's competitors complete acquisitions at different times and for different amounts than the Company.

Other Items, which consist of other infrequent or unusual items (including charges associated with distressed customers, litigation settlements, gains and losses on sales of assets and redemptions of debt, discrete tax events and deferred tax changes), to the extent material or non-operational in nature, are excluded because such items are typically non-recurring, difficult to predict or not directly related to the Company's ongoing core operations. However, items excluded by the Company may be different from those excluded by the Company's competitors. In addition, these expenses include both cash and non-cash expenses. Cash expenses reduce the Company's liquidity. Management compensates for these limitations by reviewing GAAP results including these amounts.

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Sanmina Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2015 Results